Cyndee Ceeh…
I do. Top businesses in the country are not holding their end of the bargain, big business refuse to pay their share of taxes in relations to earnings. I don’t find it right that people who make little pay more taxes towards the community than big business. I don’t understand why if one is making all that money that they do not want to give back to the community. Taxes are for the betterment and protection of the community. And if you’re going to be a part of the community, then you have to give to the coffers.
Mr. McKinney…
Taxes are necessary. Amazon seems as though they are not wanting such a heavy load that the City Councils and liberals are asking for. Big business has a history of being reluctant and adverse to paying taxes. If they can make money and not pay taxes that’s a good deal for them. To them it’s all about the bottom line. “Cash Rules Everything Around Me, C.R.E.A.M, get the money…” you know the saying. When your business promotes the idea, I’m bringing in jobs I should be able to get some sort of coupon, maybe in the form of lower taxes as trade? It looks like they’ve come to some sort of compromise and that is negotiations.
Kim…
Business is what it is. Capitalism is what it is and we exist in both. Taxes are an intricate part of our society. The idea of community is financially sustained by the efforts of its people and their willingness to share. Taxes is sharing. It is sad that leaders of people, governments feel it necessary to force a voluntary choice, but it is what it is. The Seattle Head Tax is an effort to relieve homelessness and possibly turn around the housing and affordability issue. Business and capitalism of late have not been proponents of sharing, doing their part for the greater good of the community, the nation. It seems they are consistently fighting to pay taxes.
Charles Drew…
The homeless have to find a way to overcome their issues. Each man or woman must rise out of their poverty. There are plenty of resources out in the community to aid people. It will not be easy but life is not easy, it’s the old pull yourself up by the bootstraps saying. And, then there are those who choose to live in such conditions, who choose to be off the grid, as long as they have shelter and peace of mind, the world as we know it, does not concern them. It’s delicate to ask someone to be their brothers keeper and that’s what you’re asking someone when you try to raise taxes on them. Some are down, some are not.
Carlton…
I’d say it depends on how much tax and how many employees. I’d say if a small business has less than 100 employess with and average salary of fifty thousand dollars per year, with an annual revenue of twenty million dollars, they could afford to be taxed, mildly.
Janice Jones…
I believe it is necessary to ask businesses to pay their fair share. I’ll have to do some research on what a head tax is, but the city and county has to find revenue in some form or fashion and their already squeezing the poor, its time the disparity is evened out. The rich in the world have been milking the poor for centuries and now the gap is widening. If you’re going to do business in the country a rule should be in place, expect to pay your share.
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